Cumberland County Bankers Organize to Sell Bonds
Cumberland county bankers formed to promote Liberty bonds sales in the region. An executive committee is coordinating proposals with subscriptions set to run from next week until June 15. Robert W. Irrin, Carlisle manufacturer and banker, was named chairman. Jervin Line, Farmers' Trust Company, Carlisle, secretary. The committee includes representatives from all county banks. Blind man killed by fall in Sunbury, Frank Mokie of Mt. Carmel died at Fountain Springs State Hospital from a fractured skull after a fall downstairs.
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Carlisle
Cumberland County Bank
Robert W. Irrin
Anker
Jervin Line
Farmers’ Trustompany
Sunbury
Frank Mokie
Mt. Carmel
Fountain Springstate Hospital
Dr James Headache Powders Ad Claims Quick Relief
An old advertisement promotes Dr James Headache Powders promising fast relief from dull to splitting headaches and neuralgia pain. It urges readers to buy a dime pack at the rug store and avoid disappointment by using the product.
Amos H. Hoffman Dies Suddenly Seed Merchant Leader
Amos H. Hoffman 50 longtime seed merchant and Landisville bank president died suddenly Tuesday afternoon in Mount Joy Pa He led Hoffman Seed Company and Landisville First National Bank, taught briefly, then farmed and expanded seed marketing nationwide He is survived by wife son Faust and daughter Ruth Funeral at Lutheran Church Landisville with burial in Landisville Cemetery. Sunbury obituary notes nurse Ma bel I Shipe dies after long illness with survivors in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Joy
Amos H. Hoffman
Hoffman Seed Company
Landisville
Landisville First National Bank
Shearer
Hoffman Homestead
East Hempfield Township
First National Bank of
Hoffman
Lutheran Church of
Faust Hoffman
Ruth Hoffmen
Lutheran Church
Old Age A Crime Kidney Health Ad Card
Warning signs of aging and kidney strain are presented. The ad promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long standing remedy for kidney and bladder issues and urges readers to buy from their druggists, warning against substitutes. The product is advertised as imported from Haarlem Holland and available in three box sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Haarelm
Holland
Traitor remarks spark Memorial Day sermon in Newville
In Newville Pennsylvania on Memorial Day Reverend James Edgar Skillington denounced Reading organizers opposing draft registration as treason. He urged harsh punishment for ringleaders and proclaimed the nation must prepare for war by risking many young lives. The crowd numbered several thousand at Hazleton influenced ceremony.
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Skillington
Reading
Newville
James Edgar Skillington
Methodist Church
Hazleton
Dickinson
Germany
New Red Cross Members in Elizabethville Branch
Elizabethville Pennsylvania June 1 eighty four new members joined the Harrisburg Chapter Red Cross bringing total membership to 214 District Attorney M E Stroup became a life member for 25 donations from Mrs M E Stroup Mrs Nathaniel Miller and J H Lebo were listed as donors Forty six branch members participated in the Memorial Day parade New member names are listed in full with many repetitions and multiple ladies named alongside husbands or relatives
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Elizabethville
Harrisb#g
Red Cross
M. E. Stroup
Nathaniel Miller
J. H. Lebo
E. E. Koppenhaver
L. W. Bolton
John Ritz
Ed. Paul
Howard Weaver
Ira P. Romberger
Ira P. Romberger, Jr
Mark Spacht
Carrie Swab
Mildred Swab
Clayton Bechtel
Ceylon Cook
R. K. Buffington
Catherine Bender
Charles Blanning
Russell Botts
John Boyer
E. Culp
H. H. Collins
Walter Deibler
Bernice Daniel
Leona Daniel
Emma Eby
Charles Gansel
Harvey Gangloff
Jacob Harman
George A. Harner
Margaret Hartman
E. J. Heilman
D. D. Helt
Ira Hoke
Mabel Hoke
Joseph Hurwitz
Charles Keiffer
Fred Keiffer
Sarah Keiffer
Forestry Board Receives Offers and Pardon Petitions
Edward Bailey new State forestry commissioner sat in today as the commission discussed summer department work. Several offers were made but no lands were purchased. Pardons filed for Sylvester B. Drake and John McCuller. The board will meet June 20. State police enlisted the first two men under the increased force, with eight more to fill vacancies and two admitted for the enlarged 102. Attaches received final pay. Public Service Commission adjourned after gas rate complaints in Johnstown.DMETHOD
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Edward Bailey
Conklin
Sylvester B. Drake
Montgomery County
State Board of Pardons
Thomas H. Garvin
Garvin
State Board of Grounds and Buildings
John McCuller
State Police Department
Army
National Guard
John B. Nicholas Jr
Pottsville
Robert L. Griffith
Dental Corps
Charles M Ferat Jr
Joseph Joseph Sullivan
Eighteenth Infantry
Legislative
Public Service Commission
Johnstown
Commission
W. H. Schwartz
Altoona
Capitol
State Museum
Daniel Musser
Lebanon
Lutherans Move Toward Union in High Level Talks
Representatives from the General Synod General Council and United Synod of the South met quietly in Zion Lutheran Church to discuss consolidating the three major bodies. A formal public statement is expected tonight with a likely report to be presented at next summer’s national gatherings, signaling closer consolidation since before the Civil War. Attendees include presidents and leaders from Muhlenberg College Gettysburg Seminary Wittenberg and other Lutheran institutions and synods across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
General Synod
General Council
United Synod of the South
Zion Lutheran
T. E. Schmank
Lebanon
J. A. Singmaster
Gettysburg Seminary
G. A. J. Schere
Charleston
S. C
J. A. Haas
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
W. Weller
Pennsylvania Lutheran Ministerium
G. A. Gehr
Pittsburgh Synod
D. H. Bauslin
Wittenberg Seminary
Springfield
F. P. Manhart
Theological Seminary
Selinsgrove
BE. K. Bell
Baltimore
C. K. Bell
King's Mountain
N. C
J. & Simon
Hagerstown
J. A. Cluts
Gettysburg
W. D. Kelter
W. Herman
This City
J. L. Zimmerman
Inefield
Clarence Miller
Philadelphia
Home Guard to Organize at Courthouse Meeting
The House Guard prepares its first real steps at a meeting tomorrow night in the Courthouse at 8 o'clock. A broad invitation is extended to veterans of the Spanish American and Philippine wars to attend.
Kentucky man is supervisor in playground shift
Ford brings extensive playground and athletic experience from Knoxville and Pasadena to the supervisor post. He directed YMCA Boys Department classes in Pasadena and later led recreation work in Memphis. He is pursuing a medical degree and was chosen with Park Commissioner KE Z Gross and Assistant V. Franz Ferrer to ready the playground season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl C. Ford
Louiisville
Harrisburg
Ford
J. K. Staples
Cr. Ford
Knoxville
Tenn
Y. M. Co. Av
Pasadena
Cal
Memphis
Recreation Commission
American Playground and Recreation Association
KE Z Gross
V. Franz Ferrer
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Aorgas Drug Stores
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Mabel I. Shipe
Fountain Springs Hospital
Calvin E. Shipe
Elizabethville Branch
C. S. Martyn
E. G. Baker
BE. G. Baker
George Romberger
Harvey D. Romberger
Jonas Swab
Harry Campbell
George Swab
Samuel Sadowitz
Jesse Sheetz
Aaron Shoop
Frank Smeltzer
Harry Schriver
Harry Spacht
Isaiah Speck
John Y. Speicher
C. P. Wehr
Fr. A. Zeigler
Charles Lorney
Charles Forney
John F. Shaffer
H. Kinsely
C. F.iley
Josiah Romberger
Grant Watson
Allen Lentz
Lydia Lentz
Harvey Miller
Martyn
Rebecca Burrell
Daniel
L. Greekovsky
Frank Erdman
Charles E. Bard
Verna Mattis
Stanley Tschopp
Florence MacGregor
James Hoke
Roy Schriver
Homer Fechtel
Arthur Hoke
Philip Weist
A. E. Grove
Gertie Koble
George Zeigler
Luke Schreffler
Eva Hoffner
James Miller
Aaron Swab
D. W. Romberger
Robert Koppenhaver
Isaiah Swab
Galen Buffington
Charles W. Mattis
Charles Mattis
Mary Snyder
Blair Mattis
Homer Lenker
Alice Gaupp
Fred Gaupp
Ralph Lehman
F. P. Margerum
National Army
New York Evening Mail
Russia
Ireland
Hoover
America
Austria
France
Dr. Abbott
Billy Sunday
Hal
Ife
Italy
Funk & Wagnalls Company
New York
Uncle Sam
President Wilson
Forestry Board Receives
Home Guard
Kentucky
Park Department
P.S
Baker’s
Baker
Franklin Baker Company Dept. NP
Serges
Nets
Shetland
Angora
Shetland Belts
Ardine
Schleisner
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Wil
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